[Reproducible-commits] [source-date-epoch-spec] 04/04: Timestamps suck

[Chris Lamb]

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commit a4a4dffac37465266867bba93ce622087a7ae32b
Author: Chris Lamb <lamby at debian.org>
Date:   Wed Aug 26 22:29:20 2015 +0200

    Timestamps suck
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 source-date-epoch-spec.xml | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/source-date-epoch-spec.xml b/source-date-epoch-spec.xml
index bd8000c..04b9346 100644
--- a/source-date-epoch-spec.xml
+++ b/source-date-epoch-spec.xml
@@ -109,7 +109,13 @@
 <sect1>
 	<title>Current problems with timestamps</title>
 	<para>
-		Whilst there are many varied technical issues with, many software packages are unreprodubible simply because they embed the current build-time
+		Whilst there are a multitude technical obstacles to a fully
+		reproducible software distribution, many software packages are
+		unreprodubible simply because they embed the current build-time
+		timestamp into the generated binaries. As the current time is
+		implicitly unstable across different builds, this ensures that
+		the generated binaries contain different contents depending on
+		when they were built.
 	</para>
 	<para>
 		FIXME: why timestamps become meaningless and/or misleading if

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